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National Review
National Review
30 Apr 2024
James Lynch


NextImg:Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order, Threatens Ex-President with Jail Time

A New York judge ruled Tuesday morning former president Donald Trump repeatedly violated the expansive gag order imposed in his hush-money criminal trial.

Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in contempt for nine violations of the gag order and imposed a $1,000 fine on Trump for each of the violations. Merchan warned Trump he will face jail time if he continues to violate the gag order.

“Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment,” Merchan said.

Trump received permission to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation next month after Trump claimed Merchan was prohibiting him from doing so.

At the start of April, Merchan expanded the gag order against Trump to prohibit the former president from criticizing his relatives. Merchan’s daughter is a Democratic strategist whose clients have fundraised off the Trump case. Trump repeatedly criticized her on social media prior to Merchan’s expansion of the gag order.

Testimony is set to resume on Tuesday as the criminal trial proceeds. Trump is being prosecuted for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair. Trump has denied Daniels’s allegations they had an affair in 2006.